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- URETHRAL POWDER APPLIER.

No. 398,904. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

W U R Aiqsr UNITED STATES PATENT Price.

CARLTON SAGE, OF ELKHART, INDIANA.

U RETH RAL POWDER-APPLi ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,904, dated March 5, 1889.

Application filed June 29, 1888. Serial No. 278,546. (No model.) I

To all whom it vim-y concern.-

Be it known that I, CARLTON SAGE, of Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, haveinvented a certain new and useful Urethral Powder-Applier, of which the 5 following is a specification.

My invention relates to the application of powdered medicines within the male urethra; and it consists in a novel construction of the I E indicates an elongated screw 01 conveyor adapted to be inserted into the tubular shell after the withdrawal of the rod D, the said conveyor being formed with a circumferential groove, 1), to receive the end of the screw 0, this construction permitting the rotation of the conveyor E, but preventing longitudinal movement of the latter within the tubular shell or case.

The powder is placed within the funneli shaped head B, and is fed or forced through for insertion into the interiorof the diseased 3 part, and Fig. 3 a detail view.

The object of the invention is to produce a device that will-successfully apply a dry powder to deep canals in the body, and this I accomplish by the cons ructiou which I have shown, and which will now be described in detail.

A indicates a hollow tubular shell, open at its ends and preferably, though not necessarily, made cylindrical in cross-section. At the upper end the tubular shell is provided with the tubular shell and discharged at the end thereof by merely turning the conveyer E by means of its milled head or crank.

he material of which the instrument is made may obviously be varied, as may also its design.

An agitator of any suitable description maybe applied to the screw E to work within and stir up the powder in the cup B.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the use of a straight tube and screw, as it is apparent that the lower end of the tube may be bent or curved slightly, in which case the screw would have to be made of a flexible material.

an enlarged head, B, as shown in Figs. 1 and f 2, the said head being provided with a cenf tral, preferably conical, opening, forming a I sort of funnel, and communicating with the f of the interchangeable devices I) and E, and

interior of the tubular shell.

C indicates a screw which passes through one wall of the head B, and is provided at its outer end with a milled head orcrank, and at its inner end is preferably reduced in diameter, as shown in Fig. 2, for a purpose presently explained. 7

hen the instrument is to be inserted, it

is necessary to close the lower end of the tubu- I retaining device permitting rotary but not lar shell, and to secure this result I place within the shell a rod, D, as shown in Fig. the said rod being notched near its upper end, as at a, to receive the end of the screw C. After the instrument is inserted the screw is drawn out of engagement with the notch in the rod D, and the latter is withdrawn from the tubular shell, the said shell of course remaining in the canal or passage to be treated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a urethral powder-applier, the combination, with shell A, having hollow head B,

a retaining device for the latter.

2. In a urethra-l powder applier, the combination, with shell A and head 13, of a rod, D, provided with notch a, and a retaining device for the rod.

In a urethral powder-applier, the combination, with the shell A and head B, of a conveyer, E, provided with groove 1), and a longitudinal motion of the conveyor.

In witness whereof Ihereunto set my hand i in the presence of two witnesses.

CARLTON SAGE.

\Vitnesses:

SILAS BEERUP, C. L. THOMAS. 

